Tulips

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Originally uploaded by junogle.

Blooming in the flower bed out front.

Blue heron

blue heron
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At long last, I managed to get a picture of one of the blue herons that populate the creek. This was as close as I could get before it flew away.

Interesting daffodil

Interesting daffodil
Originally uploaded by junogle.

This one sits by itself, a little farther down the hill than all the other flowers, and its coloring is a bit different. Notice the bee hanging on for dear life — it was a windy day!

Blue crocus

Blue crocus
Originally uploaded by junogle.

I love the color on these!

Turtle

Turtle
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Seen on our walk today from a bridge near the house.

Bright & sunny

Bright & sunny
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Look what welcomed me when I got home on a cloudy, windy day.

Crocus

Crocus
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The weekend snow didn't get all my flowers!

Good morning!

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Saw these guys as I was leaving for work today. There's been a pair of geese that nest somewhere near my house ever since I bought it. Actually, it was seeing a pair of geese on the lawn when I first looked at the house that kinda had me sold on it. I like to think it's been the same pair every year, but who knows?

Green!

Green!
Originally uploaded by junogle.

Taken on my drive into work Tuesday morning (I know, I know. At least I don't text and drive.) See how the wheat is starting to green up!

Yardwork

Man, it's nice to be able to say "I'm doing yardwork" again. Today I've been cleaning up the flower beds.

Yes, I am wearing a tank top. I was wearing a long-sleeved shirt when I started out around 10 a.m., but had to change into something cooler within about a half hour!

Wow!

I swear this lamb's ear was not there yesterday when I was out looking around my garden. It couldn't have been this big for me to miss, anyway.

Spring!

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Originally uploaded by junogle.

Lookie what I found when I came home today!

From my mom

My mom started making some decorative windsocks recently. Here's what she left at home for me today:

And here's what she said about it:

Yellow is for a ray of sunshine that you are, daffodils in the spring, your yellow mums in the Fall, for a smiley face, laughter. It is a color that makes me think of you.

Here's a closeup of the beads:

Thanks, mom. I think you're pretty special, too.

Catching up

Wind farm
Originally uploaded by junogle.

I've been a little remiss in keep up with the year in pictures project, but I have been taking photos. So here's a few I've taken lately.

Jan. 28: The wind farm, above, is located in Lincoln and Ellsworth counties in central Kansas. I was driving home from Salina, where the night before I'd gone to see Second City with a friend.


Jan. 31: Buster tries to avoid detection after making a mess with his favorite toy: the newspaper.


Feb.1: And here, just outside the town where I live, is a whole train of brand-new shiny coal cars headed west.

Warm weather day

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Originally uploaded by junogle.

Temps in the 40s-50s today. Made for a busy car wash.

New 'do

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Originally uploaded by junogle.

I was overdue for some fresh color and a cut, so took care of that today.

Cold!

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Originally uploaded by junogle.

Looking north from where I work. Dangerous wind chills expected through the night.

Workspace

Workspace
Originally uploaded by junogle.

Having a clean desk is so monumental, I had to take a picture of it.

Cold, what cold?

I'm tired of the cold & snow, but Buster doesn't seem to mind.

2010 in pictures

Some online friends last year did "year in pictures" blogs, and are doing it again this year. I thought it was an interesting idea, and since I got a digital camera for Christmas, something like that might help me learn to use it and see what I can do with it.

I thought I'd just use this blog rather than start a new one, and I'll tag everything "2010pix" for easy searching. I'll try not to make 99 percent of them pictures of Buster. Here's my first one (sorry it's so small — I took it with my camera):



This is my "on-the-go reporter/blogger" gear. Upper left is my new camera, a Canon PowerShot SD1200. Lower left is a memory card holder that has the adapter for my phone's micro card and a 1GB card for the camera (so far). Top center is my Olympus digital voice recorder (with a microphone for recording on the telephone just above it and a stereo microphone to its right), and below that is my USB card reader and flash drive. Bottom right, the green pouch came with a backpack I got years ago, and it's just the right size for the voice recorder and its accessories. Top right is a cool gear bag that originally held the heart rate monitor my brother gave me for Christmas a few years ago (yes, I'm kind of a packrat). I love it for my gear because it's got these little loops that are just perfect for holding the USB cables for everything, and everything else (except the voice recorder) fits into the pocket inside. If it had another pocket or a divider for the recorder, and if it maybe had a pocket on the outside for a pen and reporter's notebook, it'd be perfect (if anyone should know of something like that, leave me a link in the comments!)